Water mediated reactions: TiO<sub>2</sub>and ZnO nanoparticle catalyzed multi component domino reaction in the synthesis of tetrahydroacridinediones, acridindiones, xanthenones and xanthenes
Tetrahydroacridine-1,8-(2H,5H,9H,10H)-diones4from 1,3-cyclohexanedione and/or dimedone 1,2-chloro-3-formylquinoline2and anilines3in water at 90 °C were obtained by domino reaction approach.
An atom-economical, multicomponent condensation of naphthols, aldehydes, and cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds catalyzed by HY zeolites under solvent-free conditions is reported. This ecofriendly protocol offers several advantages such as a green and cost-effective procedure with excellent yield, shorter reaction time, simpler work-up, recovery, and reusability of metal-free solid acid heterogeneous catalyst and tolerance of a wide range of functional groups. The biological studies such as in vitro anti-microbial activities of the prepared new compounds and cell imaging studies on K562 leukemia cell lines by selected benzoxanthenones are evaluated. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.